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Airport landing system off when plane crashed in San Francisco
Reuters ^ | July 07, 2013 | Peter Henderson and Dan Levine

Posted on 07/07/2013 8:11:12 AM PDT by george76

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To: wastedyears

Next we will hear it was because of the nasty Republican’s Sequestration.....remember that?


121 posted on 07/07/2013 11:39:42 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Flick Lives

PAPI not working at 28L for the summer:

Q) KZOA/QLPAS/IV/BO/A/000/999/3737N12223W005
B) FROM: 13/07/06 22:19C) TO: 13/07/08 22:19 EST
E) RWY 28L PAPI U/S

Q) KZOA/QIGAS/I/NBO/A/000/999/3737N12223W005
B) FROM: 13/06/01 14:00C) TO: 13/08/22 23:59
E) ILS RWY 28L GP U/S


122 posted on 07/07/2013 11:45:11 AM PDT by Jimmydee
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To: boomop1

Generic


123 posted on 07/07/2013 11:46:17 AM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Yosemitest; Marine_Uncle
Very interesting.....so the runway length was the reason for the ILS being off.

Big Airplanes need a long runway.

124 posted on 07/07/2013 11:51:41 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Yosemitest

That’s a great rant that you gave but it is still the pilot who has the final say on where and when his aircraft is landing or at least that’s the way it goes when I am the PIC.


125 posted on 07/07/2013 12:04:36 PM PDT by B4Ranch (AGENDA: Grinding America Down ----- http://vimeo.com/63749370)
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To: webstersII

>>Besides, if the ILS was off then they wouldn’t be able to make evening and night landings after dark at that airport.<<

Golly gee, I’ll have to remember that when I file for a nighttime VFR flight.


126 posted on 07/07/2013 12:06:35 PM PDT by B4Ranch (AGENDA: Grinding America Down ----- http://vimeo.com/63749370)
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To: Jimmydee
If you read closely, the PAPI was NOTAM'ed out of service after the crash (a few hours). The glideslope portion of the ILS has been out of service since the end of June.

As I posted in an earlier response, the PAPI was reported both in service and out of service by professional pilots recently flying into SFO. The most recent one was only a few hours before the crash, and he reported the PAPI was working.

127 posted on 07/07/2013 12:07:58 PM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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To: IFly4Him

what is the difference between GP and GS?


128 posted on 07/07/2013 12:27:34 PM PDT by russianbear99
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
KSFO L28 is 10594.0 feet. The second longest runway at that airport.
KFSO R28 is 11861.0 feet. The longest. To the best of my knowledge,
heavies routinely take off and land on L28 year round.
As the article indicates and your ping shows, the ILS system
was not operating due to a summer shutdown. I also notice in my
Flight Simulator Airport Designer software, that L28 does not have
incoming markers (signal will beep in cockpit if feature is turned on.
So the pilot would not have had any form of the typical glide path and distance readings ( ILS ), to help guide them in.
Seems pretty straight forward. Pilot error is the culprit.
129 posted on 07/07/2013 12:32:16 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Galt level is not far away......)
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To: Marine_Uncle
Pilot error is the culprit.

Good bet.

5.56mm

130 posted on 07/07/2013 12:34:36 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: M Kehoe
Assuming both pilot and co-pilot where in a healthy state, what other options do
we have, based on the reporting coming forth.
Sadly they undershot the normal landing zone.
131 posted on 07/07/2013 12:38:57 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Galt level is not far away......)
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To: B4Ranch

Late to the party, eh?


132 posted on 07/07/2013 12:50:37 PM PDT by webstersII
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To: webstersII

I guess so. I see where you’ve already been ripped. Let my comments slide off too.


133 posted on 07/07/2013 12:54:14 PM PDT by B4Ranch (AGENDA: Grinding America Down ----- http://vimeo.com/63749370)
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To: Flick Lives

Is a ramp strike when a plane comes in too fast, and slams onto the deck?


134 posted on 07/07/2013 1:27:56 PM PDT by wastedyears (I'm a gamer not because I choose to have no life, but because I choose to have many.)
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To: SkyDancer

I generally know enough to get by as someone that likes planes, but I don’t know that kind of terminology. I know things like IFR and VFR, angle of attack, attitude, stuff like that.


135 posted on 07/07/2013 1:32:01 PM PDT by wastedyears (I'm a gamer not because I choose to have no life, but because I choose to have many.)
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To: Logical me

You are right on the money... OTS PAPI, VASI, ILS/GS or whatever 28L did not have functioning for the approach is no excuses of what took place the final moments of Asiana 214 flight. Basic spot landing Pilot skills should have automatically kicked. This Skipper got distracted and allows his air speed to deteriorate beyond the point of quick recovery close to the ground.
I do think the charge of manslaughter or negligence homicide against the Captain should apply in this accident.


136 posted on 07/07/2013 1:47:55 PM PDT by AvianoTeamB1
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To: Boundless

I hope the NTSB does address too much automation as a mitigation factor in this accident. Today’s line pilots relay on so much automation, some pilots can’t even safely fly a basic visual approach to a Rwy on a clear day with unlimited visibility.


137 posted on 07/07/2013 1:47:55 PM PDT by AvianoTeamB1
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To: B4Ranch

NTSB briefing just over..

Confirmed the Glide Path was off due to construction extending runway.. shutoff was scheduled for June 1 to late August.

Other systems were available to line the plane up with runway..

Dude lost his loft.. and now, his wings..


138 posted on 07/07/2013 2:17:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --)
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To: SgtBob

I knew, having owned two Republic RC-3’s. But, it seemed a likely response from the pilot of that plane, considering the landing.

I should have typed it in quotation marks. Sorry for any confusion, and I’ll remember the ;-) after it, next time.

As my instructors said, “A good landing you can walk away from. A great landing you can reuse the plane.”


139 posted on 07/07/2013 2:34:11 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam is antithetical to, and Islam is irreconcilable with, America. Therefore - Islam Delenda Est)
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To: wastedyears
Is a ramp strike when a plane comes in too fast, and slams onto the deck?

Not so much too fast as too low an approach to where instead of clearing the end of the deck, the aircraft hits the side of the deck.

140 posted on 07/07/2013 3:04:11 PM PDT by Flick Lives (We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
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